Sex and Gender in the 2016 Presidential Election

Caroline Heldman is associate professor of politics at Occidental College in Los Angeles and principal researcher for the Geena Davis Institute for Gender in Media, USA.Meredith Conroy is assistant professor in the Department of Political Science at California State University, San Bernardino, USA.Alissa R. Ackerman is associate professor in the Social Work and Criminal Justice Program at the University of Washington, Tacoma, and a criminal justice policy researcher.

• Series ForewordIntroduction: Sex and Gender in the 2016 Presidential Election1. Labyrinths and Glass Ceilings: Barriers to Women's Political Leadership2. "The Emperor Has No Balls": Masculinity and the Presidency3. "A Different Hill Than Men Have to Climb": Women Who Have Run for the Presidency4."I Don't Vote with My Vagina": Hillary Clinton's Primary Elections5. "Such a Nasty Woman": The 2016 General Election6. #CrookedHillary: An Analysis of Social Media Discourse during the 2016 Election with Eric Vorst7. Conclusion: "Within Spitting Distance"—Barriers to a Female PresidencyNotesIndex

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